Luke set out on this race to show America that deaf people can do anything just as well as hearing people can. And while I respect and applaud him for that, he failed. Margie did all the hard work while, in a way, he sat on the sidelines and watched. For a team to be considered deserving of winning the money, they have to be just that: a team. Which is why tonight, if it isn't Cara & Jamie that cross the finish line first, I'll settle with Tammy & Victor only.

It's been an interesting season. The casting in this was eally good. They managed to find people who arn't your run-of-the-mill couples. As this chapter comes to a close, I'm already looking forward to the next one!

While its true that Luke didn't do any driving and literally most of the communication with strangers, locals, and the service industry was from Margie. He certainly did his share of the tasks. and he certainly wasn't dead weight being drug around (more the point he s the one shown consistently dragging his mother around.

We have certainly scene teams were racers did less without a viable reason why they couldn't do it.

This farm is just 0.4 miles down the road from the actual Surfboard Fence place

I apologize for posting a bad kmz; the corrected one is below. It serves me right for trusting geotags too much (almost as bad as wikipedia). The county assessor's office puts the property owned by Dettloff (and others) a few hundred yards north of the geotagged spot.

Congratulations to Tammy & Victor! I wanted either them or Cara & Jaime to win. I guess I wanted Cara & Jaime just a little more because we already had a sibling team win last season, but this is an Asian American sibling team, and I always had a soft spot for Asian Americans, so I'm just as glad this team won.

It all came down to two things: Cara & Jaime's taxi needing gas (and being lost) and Luke missing the final two surfboards at the end. That's what got Tammy & Victor the win.

I don't think I could've done that Roadblock. The fake clues being thrown in would've thrown me off, big-time.

Tammy & Victor: Well done, you two. Congrats on becoming the first Asian team to win the race. But you really lucked out with a cerebral task at the end. Still, Victor had a great strategy for completing it, so good job to him. But I'm really only happy with them winning for Tammy. What a sweetheart. True class act the whole season through (Romania notwithstanding).

Jaime & Cara: Well, Jaime was forced to eat some humble pie, but at least she was fully humbled by finally APOLOGIZING, for once. I'm really surprised they managed to nearly catch up at that final Roadblock. Good job on them for tying Dustin & Kandice's record for highest-placing women's team and finishing second. This is actually the top two I predicted before the season even began, in either order, at that. So I'm ecstatic that it turned out that way. Still, the search for the first winning women's team continues for yet another season. . . .

Margie & Luke: Luke, Luke, Luke. You and Margie had the final victory right at your fingertips. But instead of staying perfectly calm when you got frustrated at the final Roadblock, you panicked and blew it. I'm really surprised Margie didn't do the task instead of you. It might've helped you both win. Still, good run by both of you, and I'll give you the congratulations that Poo won't give you for getting as far as you did.

Well, it was a great season. Better than the last one, at least. I hope next season's good, too!

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This farm is just 0.4 miles down the road from the actual Surfboard Fence place

I apologize for posting a bad kmz; the corrected one is below. It serves me right for trusting geotags too much (almost as bad as wikipedia). The county assessor's office puts the property owned by Dettloff (and others) a few hundred yards north of the geotagged spot.

Thanks Slowhatch. Well, then I guess they planted a grid of young palm trees after the satellite image was taken. 'cause it sure is a match with everything else. I was hunting palm trees.

Congratulations to Tammy and Victor for the win, I have been routing for you all season. Good to see the team work. Congratulations to Jamie/Cara and Margie/Luke for running such a good race. All 3 teams deserved to be in the final. Is this the first time that all 3 final teams have been so closely bunched in the final leg?? Watching all 3 teams carrying the pigs was difficult as there is no way I could have carried it. My arms ached as I watched. What an enjoyable season it has been. Now what will I watch on sunday nights?

There's this pattern in all F3's excluding FE. Alpha males beat Fighting Couples/Ex-couples who beat Siblings who beat Loving Couples (Married or Dating) who beat Feisty F/F who beat Parent/Child who beat Friends/Other Relationship. The only exception would be David & Jeff, due to their flight connection.

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